Too Much Heaven chords

by The Bee Gees

Too Much Heaven was written by brothers, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb.
Recorded: July 1978
Released: 24 October, 1978
Album: Spirits Having Flown
Music: C Major with a key change to Eb Major in 4/4 time at 84 bpm (♩)
Chords: C, Cmaj7, Dm7/G, Em7, F, Fmaj7, F/G, G, G7sus4, G/F, Gm7, Ab, Ab/Bb, Am7, Bb
If playing with the video: This song has a non-standard frequency of 450Hz, so you will need to adjust every string to that frequency, (normally 440Hz). You will also need a Capo on the 1st fret as the video key is in Db major → E major

Chart Legend

Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note

Too Much Heaven

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                F/G                      Am7    F/G     
Intro: 4/4 𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯|       |  %  |  %  |  %  |     |       |
         C                      Em7
 Chorus: No-bo-dy gets too much hea-ven no more
                   F
         It's much hard-er to come by
             C           Dm7/G
         I'm wait-ing in line
         C                       Em7
         No-bo-dy gets too much love a-ny-more
                 F
         It's as high as a moun-tain
             C          Dm7/G
         And hard-er to climb

      F/G  
1. Oh you and me girl

   Got a lot of love in store

   And it flows through you

   And it flows through me

   And I love you so much more
           Cmaj7
   Then my life, I can see be-yond for-ev-er
                                   Fmaj7    
   Ev'-ry-thing we are will ne-ver die
   F                G/F         Em7      Am7
   Lov-ing's such a beau-ti-ful thing |       |
          F/G           
   Oh you make my world, a sum-mer day

   Are you just a dream to fade a-way...

         C                      Em7
 Chorus: No-bo-dy gets too much hea-ven no more
                   F
         It's much hard-er to come by
             C           Dm7/G
         I'm wait-ing in line 
         C                       Em7
         No-bo-dy gets too much love a-ny-more
                 F
         It's as high as a moun-tain
             C          Dm7/G
         And hard-er to climb

   F/G  
2. You and me girl got a high-way to the sky

   We can turn a-way from the night and day

   And the tears we had to cry
             Cmaj7
   You're my life... I can see a new to-mor-row
                                   Fmaj7   
   Ev'-ry-thing we are will nev-er die
   F                G/F         Em7      Am7
   Lov-ing's such a beau-ti-ful thing |       |
            F/G      
   When you are to me, the light a-bove

   Made for all to see our pre-cious love

        C                      Em7
Chorus: No-bo-dy gets too much love any-more
                F
        It's as high as a moun-tain
            C          G7sus4
        And hard-er to climb   Oh...
        Cmaj7                 Fmaj7
      | Oh     |...  oh oh |  oh    |

   F              G/F         Em7     Am7
** Love is such a beau-ti-ful thing   Ah...
       F/G           
   You make my world, a sum-mer day
                                       Ab/Bb
   Are you just a dream to | fade....|       Ah | ah-ah-ah-ah |
                                     (key change)

        Eb                     Gm7
Chorus: No-bo-dy gets too much hea-ven no more
                  Ab
        It's much hard-er to come by
            Eb          Bb 
        I'm wait-ing in line
        Eb                     Gm7
        No-bo-dy gets too much love a-ny-more
                Ab 
        It's as high as a moun-tain
            Eb         Bb 
        And hard-er to climb... (repeat to fade)

Please Note:
The chords with bass notes Dm7/G, F/G, G/F, Ab/Bb can all be played without the bass notes, but it does add a nice touch. Some of them require a bit of a stretch for smaller hands but give them a go and see what you think. Go over all the chord charts and familiarize yourself with them before playing the song so that you don't have to keep stopping and starting when you reach an unfamiliar chord.

Because the song is played at 450Hz, it will not sound right if you are playing along with the music. Most guitar tuners have the ability to choose + or -50Hz either side of normal tuning of 440Hz. In this case, set the tuner to +50 Hz to the right of center (440Hz), and tune each string accordingly. If you are tuning bottom 'E', the tuning arrow needs to reach +50 on the tuner. The same applies to each string.

This song is beautifully presented and well worth the extra effort required to master it.

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